Dedicated iPad Uses AI to Screen for Skin Cancer

by Bruce Brown | August 20, 2020 | Medical

Physicians will diagnose more than 100,000 new melanomas among people in the U.S. this year, and about nearly 7,000 people will die from malignant skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. We’ve written several times about the role artificial...

Health Tech Usage on the Rise Among Seniors

by Amantha May | August 19, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

Technology use has increased for many adults in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and seniors are no exception. Seniors still aren’t the highest demographic when it comes to being technological savvy. However, a recent survey by Healthinsurance.com...

Remote Wearable System Monitors COVID-19 Patient Vital Signs

by Amantha May | August 17, 2020 | General News, Medical

A wearable monitoring system that helps reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 in hospitals and care facilities is now available in the United States. The system, designed specifically for the COVID-19 crisis by VivaLNK, has been used successfully in 15 hospitals in...

Concussion Diagnostic Tech Locates Brain Damage Area [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 7, 2020 | Medical

Uncertainty and worry about concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a one-two punch; the injury might not get to you, but the stress can wear you down. Professional athletes and their families and parents of student-athletes in particular often face...

Quick Test Detects Age-Related Eye Disease Early [video]

by Amantha May | August 7, 2020 | General News, Medical

By 2030, one in five United States residents will be retirement age, meaning that age-related illness will increasingly account for substantial healthcare costs. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the number one cause of severe, permanent vision loss in people...

Wearables and AI Enlisted to Assess Endometriosis Pain Objectively

by Amantha May | August 5, 2020 | General News, Medical

[Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash] Endometriosis, a reproductive health condition affecting roughly 11% of adult women and teenagers in the United States, causes debilitating pain symptoms. A new partnership between Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Japan, and...